Syracuse at Cornell
Saturday, November 6, 1954 Share
Cornell beat Syracuse 14–6. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 23–9.
FinalHigh 43°F, low 23°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1954, page 63
Read the text
Cornell Wins, 14–6,. Over Syracuse ITHACA, N. Y. Nov. 6.-Cornell rolled over Syracuse today, 1875, and left Central New York’s big Three” title in q scramble. Colgate, the other member, beat the Big Red earlier in the season, 1914. and meets the Orange next week in Syracuse. Dick Meade scored Cornell’s first touchdown in the first pc riod through the line from 8 yards out. and Dick jackson made the second in the third quarter from the foot away. Bill Degraaf kicked both conversions. Syracuse’s lone score came In the fourth quarter on a 53-yard run by Jim Brown. Ray Per-, kins missed the conversion try. The win was the third for Cornell In seven games. It was Syracuse’s fourth loss In six starts. Brown was the big ground gamer. with Isl yards In II carries. Cornell’s left guard. Jim Van Buren. was standout, both on offense and defense. He blocked q Syracuse kick and broke into the Orange backfield to throw the ball carriers for losses respeatedly. Syracuse --- o O @ g. 8 Cornell % Old Cornell scoring: Touchdowns--Meede .JackSon. C0nversions--DeRraaf (2l.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Cornell 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Syracuse–Cornell gameCornell leads 23–11 in 34 meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1958 | Syracuse 55, Cornell 0 | |
| 1957 | Syracuse 34, Cornell 0 | |
| 1954 | Cornell 14, Syracuse 6 | |
| 1953 | Syracuse 26, Cornell 0 | |
| 1952 | Syracuse 26, Cornell 6 | |
| 1951 | Cornell 21, Syracuse 14 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 13, 1954
- SeasonSyracuse in 1954
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. DartmouthNov. 13, 1954
- SeasonCornell in 1954
- ProgramCornell history and records

